1991 Death Vasco Pratolini, Italy, writer (Ragazze di San Frediano), dies at 77 1921 Birthday Vasco dos Santos Goncalves, Portuguese leftist colonel 1913 Birthday Vasco Pratolini, Italian writer, Le ragazze di San Frediano 1906 Event Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos and Vasco da Gama 1524 Death Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 1517 Death Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador/admiral, beheaded at 41 1513 Event Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean 1498 Event Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India 1498 Event Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island 1497 Event Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope 1497 Event Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope 1497 Event Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
